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🌱 Deborah Skillman Woods to be laid to rest in Altoona
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- Deborah Skillman Woods to be laid to rest in Altoona
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📰 News we're reading
• OBITUARIES: Wednesday, November 11, 2026 (sandmountainreporter.com) — Deborah Skillman Woods of Oneonta will be laid to rest at Bethlehem FCM Church Cemetery in Altoona following her funeral Thursday, Nov. 12. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. at Pine Grove Community Church in Oneonta, with the service at 11 a.m. Her family remembers her devotion to cheering on her grandchildren at their ballgames. 
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